A beautifully packaged and affordably priced edition of this classic,
accessible guide to world mythology, unabridged and complete.
Thomas Bulfinch collected and interpreted the legends of the world for
everyday people, so that those who lacked extensive schooling could
still understand the mythological allusions that fill classic and
contemporary literature.
Bulfinch's Mythology began as three separate volumes in the 1850s
and '60s. Bulfinch published "The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and
Heroes" in 1855 and then moved on to publish two more collections: "The
Age of Chivalry, or the Legends of King Arthur" in 1858; and "Legends of
Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages" in 1863. When Bulfinch died
in 1867, the three volumes were combined and retitled Bulfinch's
Mythology and reprinted in 1881. It has remained one of the most
trusted English-language interpretations of Greek and Roman mythology,
Arthurian legend, and medieval romance ever since.
Our Cornerstone Edition of Bulfinch's Mythology offers readers an
easily portable, complete collection of all three volumes--the only such
edition of this beloved anthology currently available.